Installing PolitePol on Alpine Linux Latest

PolitePol is an open source privacy-oriented web analytics tool developed by taroved. In this tutorial, we'll go through the steps to install PolitePol on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

• Access to a terminal or shell on an Alpine Linux system.
• Basic knowledge of the command-line interface.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before installing PolitePol, we need to install some dependencies. Run the following command to install the dependencies:

apk add --update \
    git \
    npm \
    nodejs \
    build-base \
    cairo-dev \
    jpeg-dev \
    pango-dev \
    giflib-dev \
    librsvg-dev \
    ttf-freefont

Step 2: Clone PolitePol to a Directory

Clone the PolitePol repository to a directory on your system. In this example, we will use /var/www/politepol as the directory. Run the following command to clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/taroved/pol.git /var/www/politepol

Step 3: Install Node.js Dependencies

Change to the PolitePol directory and install the Node.js dependencies using the following commands:

cd /var/www/politepol/server
npm install

Step 4: Build the Client

Build the client using the following command:

cd ..
npm run build

Step 5: Start the Server

Start the PolitePol server using the following command:

npm start

Step 6: Access PolitePol on a Web Browser

PolitePol is now running on your Alpine Linux system. You can access it on a web browser by navigating to the URL: http://localhost:3000

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps to install PolitePol on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now install and configure PolitePol on your system to analyze the traffic on your website, while still being privacy-oriented.

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